Michael Vick, the quarterback Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid insisted today was never in any real danger of losing his job, revealed he called a players-only meeting yesterday, the latest in a series of signs that this team is falling apart before our eyes.

Fact is, good teams don't have these.

Or, as my good buddy Kevin Callahan of the Courier-Post said: "Nothing good ever comes out of team meetings."

Now, at the end of the Andy Reid era, the more things change, the more they stay the same.

"I think things just needed to get cleared up," tight end Brent Celek said. "There's nothing major. I'm not really going to go into anything specific about what we talked about, but some things needed to be cleared up and it happened and it was good for our team.

"... Hopefully, it will be good for our team. We think so, but we'll see. It all depends on how we play on Monday."

Eagles fans shouldn't hold their collective breath. Players-only meetings are like trips to marriage counselors. They usually just postpone the inevitable.

Even if the Eagles respond with a blowout victory, it would only be because they're going against the league's worst defense and a team without the best offensive play-calling coach (Sean Payton) of his generation and maybe ever.

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Nothing good? How about the Giants team-only meeting in early December last year? Seems to have worked wonders for them as they went on to win the SuperBowl after a pretty disappointing season up to that point. I don't buy that this is not a good thing. Sure, it's not good that it got to that point, but could be a VERY good thing going forward. Certainly doesn't hurt.

Posted By: Chano | Nov 1, 2012 3:09:59 PM

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